Brenda's Favorite Theme Parties

No college girl's social calendar would be complete without theme parties! After all, what girl doesn't love an excuse to dress up? On any given weekend here, you'll see people leaving their dorms donning the craziest costumes. Here are some of my favorites I've been to thus far!

P is for Party! This could be done with any letter. The party hosts pick a letter and you dress up like something that starts with it. For P, you could be anything from a professor to Pac Man.

Highlighter/Black light. Everyone wears white with the perfect combo of neon accessories and glow stick bracelets. Throughout the night, everyone writes on each other's shirts with highlighters, which looks super cool under the black lights. It's a great excuse to go up and introduce yourself to guys! Don't wear anything you wouldn't want to get ruined—I learned this the hard way! At the last highlighter party, I wore a really cute dress thinking I'd just tell people not to write on me. Between neon paint being thrown and a crowded dance floor, making it home clean is just not going to happen.

Decades. It's pretty self-explanatory. You pick a decade and dress accordingly! My favorite decades are the 20s, because I'm kind of obsessed with The Great Gatsby,and the 90s, because from Ty Beanie Babies to the Spice Girls, every 90s baby needs an excuse to relive those crazy trends.

Toga. It's almost an unwritten rule that you can't leave college without experiencing at least one toga party. It's great because it's super easy to find an outfit! I've seen togas made out of everything from animal print fabric to state flags, but any old bed sheet will do the trick too.

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